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Back in January of 2011, I posted about how my dedication for that year was to make and finish something creative every week. It was chaotic at times since I had several projects going on at the same time but I thrive at multi-tasking so I absolutely loved every minute of it!

That initial post featured Effie and Ollie Elephant by Heather Bailey. Since then I’ve been making Effie and Ollie Elephants for babies and also as a ‘just because’ for my friends. Every time I hope to get better at making them but the feet and trunk are always a challenge for me and I just can’t nail them down. But! Practice makes perfect! Back to the sewing machine it is.

I’m not one for making resolutions; but I’m great at starting things — and then taking forever to finish them. Deadlines are my friends. So a 365-day deadline actually works for me.

My 2009 resolution (or, rather, as I call it: ‘dedication’) was to visit a museum, gallery, or architectural landmark on every weekend of the year.

2010 welcomed the introduction of Shuttercal into my life as well as managing to lose (and keep off!) 20+ lbs.

And so, here we are with another new year.

My dedication for 2011 is to finish (key word: finish) something creative every week (work-related projects not withstanding). And the year is starting off wonderfully already! Week 01 project is complete and I just finished Week 02’s project last night. I hope to keep up the momentum and enthusiasm through the remaining 50 weeks. We’ll see how successful I am by Week 52..